On a discussion about a revolution in Canada I merely suggested that there are no resources to protect the rich in the event of a revolution breaking out.
I even went on to explain I can’t even kill ants though so count me out.
Perma banned for inciting violence, appeal gives you 100 characters to explain so I won’t bother. How do you appeal a site wide ban in one sentence?
12 years of contributing to IT communities and it’s all gone, that’s what I’m upset about.
What I’m going to say is just a hypothesis from my part. It might be bollocks. But.
For a long time I’ve suspected that Reddit runs some sort of algorithm to predict the profitability of each user, based on factors like
and then the output of that algorithm is taken into account when handling rule violation. As in: you can go rogue and they’ll give you a short ban if you’re deemed profitable, or a small offence will give you a permaban if unprofitable.
With that said I don’t think that they manually review your earlier posts/comments before enforcing the rules.
Yeah I exclusively used reddit through firefox on android with script blocker and adblocker. Never spent a dime on reddit. This explains a lot if true
Eh, sounds like a conspiracy theory. It’s the kind of thing that would look really bad if it got out, but doesn’t have much upside.
If it signifit affected profits, maybe, but this doesn’t register there.
How would it “look bad”? The people that are paying for Reddit wouldn’t give a shit, and the people that aren’t making the site profitable would be outraged for 15 minutes, and then get over it.
Not really, even if false. It’s just a hypothesis.
We [current and former Reddit users] babble a lot about shit the admins do. If this got out, it wouldn’t cause much damage to the already barely existent reputation of that shithole; and as HelixDab2 said, the ones still in that shithole would outrage for 15min then go back as if nothing happened.
I think that a system like this would actually increase the margin of profit, in the medium term. Because it would allow them to cut some slack to the cash cows, while you’re still removing some users who are pissing the others off.
I used reddit on desktop, didnt have an ad blocker, ocassionally clicked on ads (usually by mistake), and bought a shitload of coins. I also contributed a lot of content that people found helpful. Didnt stop me getting perma banned for reasons that I still dont understand.
I really dont think there is any algorithm or any logic or rationale behind the ban process at all, its almost completely aritrary
Fair point - your ban hints that my hypothesis is wrong.
Haha, that makes as much sense as any other reason I’ve seen folks banned.